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. >> i mean, if you look -- if you think that the quinnipiac poll is right about ohio, then the obama explanation of why they're going into these states is more credible. >> these states being michigan and pennsylvania. >> which is not oh, my god, the sky is falling, we're losing everywhere, we need to play a lot of defense, but rather, you know, they can't win ohio, so they're looking for another place. so we've got enough money to make sure that nothing goes wrong. the president's not going to win these battleground states by the same margins he won last time. there's some natural tightening. most of these states elected republican governors two years ago. >> two years ago. >> and so the president would be happy winning these states by two or three points. >> michigan, 2 1/2 points. this is one of these states that we republicans stopped expecting to win when ronald reagan retired. you usually put it in the pennsylvania category. do you believe mitt romney's within the margin of error in michigan? >> i tend to think -- i tend to give the benefit of the doubt to good polls. >> that's
. >> i mean, if you look -- if you think that the quinnipiac poll is right about ohio, then the obama explanation of why they're going into these states is more credible. >> these states being michigan and pennsylvania. >> which is not oh, my god, the sky is falling, we're losing everywhere, we need to play a lot of defense, but rather, you know, they can't win ohio, so they're looking for another place. so we've got enough money to make sure that nothing goes wrong. the...
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and that's what we're seeing with chris christie and president obama right now. that goes beyond campaigning, but it's something that we as political insiders often say, well, look. these are unpopular decisions. you're going to have problems in your party. it doesn't matter. in a time of crisis, there's nothing else but government leaders who can step in and do something here. whether it's the financial markets, the auto industry or a natural disaster. >> reverend. >> i think he's absolutely right. and let's not make this one-sided. yes, christie will get some backlash from the right, but there are a lot of democrats in new jersey that do not like to see christie in a good light. and i don't think any of them are attacking because christie's doing what governors are supposed to do. we would be attacking him if he didn't do that. so i think both of them deserve credit for doing what they should be doing. >> inbounds or out of bounds, for the super pac to make an ad the last few days featuring the president with chris christie. >> out of bounds. >> stand by. >> i
and that's what we're seeing with chris christie and president obama right now. that goes beyond campaigning, but it's something that we as political insiders often say, well, look. these are unpopular decisions. you're going to have problems in your party. it doesn't matter. in a time of crisis, there's nothing else but government leaders who can step in and do something here. whether it's the financial markets, the auto industry or a natural disaster. >> reverend. >> i think he's...
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right now president obama is losing independents, not by a little. and the second thing is the notion of conventional wisdom about what happens with undecided voters in an incumbent voters that they tend to break at this point for the challenger. so david, explain to me, and chuck after david explain to me, how those two things can be true. how can it be true that president obama is way behind with independents and also be true if conventional wisdom holds that most undecided voters will break for the challenger, and yet it seems right on the basis of everything that we know that president obama is, in fact, the favorite today? >> right. john, i think it's interesting, one of the things that you hear talking to the obama campaign is where they look at these models of late-breaking undecideds. they also are looking at favorable/unfavorable ratings in some of these battleground states and are seeing, as i think our marist/nbc polls indicated, that in a state, chuck, and correct me if i'm wrong, in iowa where you have mitt romney upside down in his favo
right now president obama is losing independents, not by a little. and the second thing is the notion of conventional wisdom about what happens with undecided voters in an incumbent voters that they tend to break at this point for the challenger. so david, explain to me, and chuck after david explain to me, how those two things can be true. how can it be true that president obama is way behind with independents and also be true if conventional wisdom holds that most undecided voters will break...
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and that's what president obama is absolutely committed to doing. >> all right. that was our conversation with valerie jarrett on saturday in nashua. that was nice. >> mark halperin, a week left, almost a week left. you go back to 2004 in boston, and what a ride. what a ride over eight years. >> just an incredible experience for not just the president but all the people around him including valerie. and a lot of stability. you look at the people around him now making this fight to win re-election. it's basically the same group of one or two exceptions as the people who got him elected four years ago. and the stamina and endurance they've shown in both dealing with public service in the government but also helping him try to win re-election, really impressive. >> but mike, it's so much easier to run as the challenger going against the status quo, going against eight years of republican leadership, running against the iraq war. four years later, you've got to run on your own record. the crowds aren't quite as excited. there's not as much hope. you're not talking ab
and that's what president obama is absolutely committed to doing. >> all right. that was our conversation with valerie jarrett on saturday in nashua. that was nice. >> mark halperin, a week left, almost a week left. you go back to 2004 in boston, and what a ride. what a ride over eight years. >> just an incredible experience for not just the president but all the people around him including valerie. and a lot of stability. you look at the people around him now making this...
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the public's a bit adrift right now and trying to decide, obama has not been a failure as president, he's not been great, he's not been a failure. is he mediocre? a little better than mediocre? is he somewhere near great? people will disagree on that, but nobody's arguing the issue is in play. romney's been a very effective candidate lately, very effective, and he got rid of his opponents, smashed them to nothing. i think he's got a great team around him. i think the president's team is too small, a little bit narrow and isolated to put it lightly. but i tell you, obama does have that amazing luck. and here's a guy that ran for the senate against two or three opponents who all dropped out because of marital problems. he walked into the united states senate, he was a celebrity before he got there. he ran against hillary and had the war issue against her, beat her on the war issue, took on john mccain when he was really beaten down by then. and here he is facing romney who is a very tough opponent. so this is going to be a close election. they're somewhat equally matched. like one of t
the public's a bit adrift right now and trying to decide, obama has not been a failure as president, he's not been great, he's not been a failure. is he mediocre? a little better than mediocre? is he somewhere near great? people will disagree on that, but nobody's arguing the issue is in play. romney's been a very effective candidate lately, very effective, and he got rid of his opponents, smashed them to nothing. i think he's got a great team around him. i think the president's team is too...